Newmill is a
planned village north of the town of
Keith in the
Moray
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council area of north-east
Scotland
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. The resident population at the 2001 census was recorded as 452.
History
The current street-plan of the village was laid out in approximately 1759 by the Earls of Fife, but there are records of a much earlier settlement dating back to 1535 when a meal mill was built by Bishop Crystall. The Castle of Glengerrick once stood at the site of the village church, now a private dwelling.
Slate from the local quarry was used in the renovation of
Pluscarden Abbey
Pluscarden Abbey () is a Catholic Benedictine monastery in the glen of the Black Burn, southwest of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. It was founded in 1230 by Alexander II for the Valliscaulian Order.
In 1454, following a merger with the priory of ...
and the Convent of Greyfriars in
Elgin
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.
In 1905, the Newmill Literary Society, supported by the philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie ( , ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the History of the iron and steel industry in the United States, American steel industry in the late ...
, built the Newmill Institute, now the Village Hall.
In the centre of the village square is a war memorial, a four-stage clock tower, built in 1922–23 and designed by F. A. Robertson.
Services
Services in Newmill include the village post office.
Education
The village is served by Newmill Primary School,
whilst secondary pupils travel to
Keith Grammar School
Keith Grammar School is a secondary school in, Moray, Scotland. It was built in 1965 by the Educational Committee of Banffshire County Council. the school roll was 450 pupils. It is administered by the Moray Council Education and Social Care Dep ...
.
Notable people
*
James Gordon Bennett, Sr.
James Gordon Bennett Sr. (September 1, 1795 – June 1, 1872) was a British-born American businessman who was the founder, editor and publisher of the ''New York Herald'' and a major figure in the history of American newspapers.
Early life
Ben ...
, founder and publisher of the ''
New York Herald
The ''New York Herald'' was a large-distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between 1835 and 1924. At that point it was acquired by its smaller rival the '' New-York Tribune'' to form the '' New York Herald Tribune''.
Hi ...
'', grew up in Newmill.
References
External links
Newmill at Ordnance Survey GetOutside
{{Moray places
Villages in Moray